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The Soviet War in Afghanistan, also known as the Soviet–Afghan War, was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan at their own request, against the Islamist Mujahideen Resistance.
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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979. It was the last hot war it would fight, and one whose failure played a leading role in its loss of the Cold War and disintegration. Afghanistan is infamous today for being in the grip of the most benighted, fanatical and misogynist government in the world.
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cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/kakar-soviet-invasion...
cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/kakar-soviet-invasion/
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See E. Girardet, Afghanistan (1986); A. H. Cordesman and A. R. Wagner, Lessons of Modern War, Vol. III (1989); A. Saikal and W. Maley, ed., The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (1989); A. Hyman, Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964–1991 (3d ed.
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Soviet Union invades Afghanistan. ... Soviet troops install a puppet regime in Kabul. The U.S., Pakistan, China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia offer support to mujahideen "freedom fighters" as they begin a guerrilla war against the Soviets.
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www.infoplease.com/spot/taliban-time.html
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15th March 2001 - allies invade Afghanistan: ... "In the 1980s, bin Laden left his comfortable Saudi home for Afghanistan to participate in the Afghan jihad, or holy war, against the invading forces of the Soviet Union - a cause that, ironically, the United States funded, pouring $3 billion into the Afghan resistance...
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www.thedebate.org/thedebate/afghanistan.asp
www.thedebate.org/thedebate/afghanistan.asp
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1924 - Soviet Union adopts constitution based on the dictatorship of the proletariat and stipulating the public ownership of land and the means of production; Lenin dies and is ... 1979 - Soviet Union and US sign SALT-2 agreement; Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, formally ending the period of detente with the West.
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news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1112551.stm
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A chronology of Afghanistan's history from 1747 - 1978 ... He was well on the road toward reunifying the whole of Afghanistan when the British, in collaboration with an ex-king (Shah Shuja), invade Afghanistan. ... Daoud turns to the Soviet Union (Russia) for military aid.
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www.afghan-web.com/history/chron/index3.html
www.afghan-web.com/history/chron/index3.html
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